Christine Lavin - Regretting What I Said... Lyrics
Regretting What I Said... (A Musical Apology)ARTIST: Christine LavinALBUM: Future Fossils(spoken)'This song is called "Regretting What I Said to You When YouCalled Me 11:00 On a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00Friday Afternoon You're Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs,Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiingin the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, IWasn't Able to Leave Town, I'm Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn'tExpect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for ThreeYears I DON'T Like Surprises!!"'And it's subtitled "A Musical Apology"'In this song I attempt to take back everything I said whilestanding in a phone booth on the corner of 49th and 3rd.'I didn't mean it when I said, 'I hopeThe cable in the elevator snapsWhen you step on board.'And I was joking when I said,'I hope you crack your headAnd get mangled by the downstairs revolving doors.'And I was kidding when I said, 'I hope the#103 busHits and makes a pancake out of you.'I'm sorry...I'm sorry...Isn't it amazing what a woman in love will do?And I really don't want to see your taxi on the 59th Steet BridgeFlip overAnd crash through the rail.And I'd feel bad if at the airport you wereMistaken for a local sex offender,Arrested, beaten up, and thrown in jail.And I really don't want to see you getting radiation poisoningFrom the metal detector that all passengers onForeign and domestic flights must walk through.I'm sorry...Forgive me...For all the mean things I said to you.You thought I didn't have a temper.Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, surprise!But I really don't want to see youDismembered by the marijuana sniffing dogsWhen a simple little nipping would suffice,Would suffice.And I'm sorry that I said 'I hopeThe plane explodes in mid-airAs it carries you away from me.'And I'm sorry that I said,'I hope you break both legsOn the mountain while you ski.'And I'm sorry for all the nasty thingsI said about your motherEven though we both know they're true.I'm sorry...Forgive me...I'm swallowing my pride,I'd feel so guilty if you died!Oh, I'm sorry,But I'm still mad at you.------------------yyy2t@virginia.edu
